Do-it-yourself decorative painting of walls: original and simple ways

Do-it-yourself decorative painting of walls: original and simple ways

Wallpaper, plain wall painting and other classic finishes sometimes do not allow to realize design ideas. In this case, you can budget, quality and fairly quickly arrange the room yourself, using simple methods.

A brush with a long pile will help make the walls slightly striped. At the same time, the surfaces should be perfectly even, because all defects will become noticeable after such painting. You also need to try to display straight stripes. A simpler version, in which various patterns, semicircles, etc., are displayed with a brush.

Stripes brush

A freshly painted surface can be treated with a rag rolled up into a loose tourniquet. Such decor is carried out in stages, covering a small part of the wall with paint, and then passing through it with a rag.

Wall Decor Harness

A brush with large villi will help give a plain wall a decorative feature. To do this, touch it with fresh paint. Do not immediately paint the entire surface.

Brush decor

To obtain abstract patterns, dense fabric is randomly folded and a freshly painted surface is processed by the touch method until the paint is absorbed.

Wall decor with a rag

An interesting decor will turn out if you hold a coarse sponge on a fresh finish.

Sponge decor

A paint roller wrapped in a dense rag and tied with a plait is well suited to create a marble effect on the walls. In this way, you can decorate the walls of the bathroom, hallway, living room.

Roller Decor

Decorative colored plaster can be applied with a sponge resembling seaweed. Often, after this, a slightly dried mixture is smoothed, and then painted in a color, contrasting basis.

Putty Decor

Two-color wall painting

For decorative coloring, there are special rollers with a relief pattern. The walls are painted in one color, and a contrasting tone is applied to the roller. As a result, the ornament stands out against the background and becomes an ornament.

Roller Decor

Roller Decor

For decor, you can even use crumpled paper or newspaper. The principle of operation is simple: the walls are covered in one shade, and a lump of paper is dipped in another and the entire wall is treated by touch.

Paper wall decor

A medium-length brush with a pile is convenient for staining, in which zonal strokes are made.

Multidirectional staining

A roller with a relief structure can be used to create a multi-colored coating.

Paint the walls with a roller

Sponge with a long pile is convenient for ornament in the form of snowflakes or fluffy balls.

Sponge wall painting

Embossed wallpaper for painting or white decorative plaster is easy to paint with a terry roller.

Roller painting

Plastering for decoration is carried out in various ways, and if you use a color mixture, then an additional coating is not required.

Plastering

Special plastic stencils are a convenient and useful thing for wall design. With their help, it is easy to display a variety of patterns. In this case, the ornament can be only in one part of the wall or in a certain area.

Patterns on the wall

You can cover the wall with geometric patterns using masking tape.They cover areas that are not planned to be painted over, and dye is applied to empty areas.

Decor with scotch tape

Scotch tape decoration

Design when painting does not require expensive tools and fixtures. Sometimes there are enough improvised tools that will make an interesting decor.

 

 

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